diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 01001aa90b7..56e00c27754 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ For a more comprehensive changelog for the latest experimental SVN code, see:
    - Default Makefile now uses configure script
    - Greatly improved the launcher and options dialogs (work-in-progress)
    - Many other "under the hood" improvements, like a new config managment
-	 and plugin capabilities
+     and plugin capabilities
 
  Simon:
    - Added data files decoder for Amiga disk versions
diff --git a/README b/README
index e28399fae9a..ad365aa1fb3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ By default, the configuration file is saved in, and loaded from:
         Windows 95/98/ME:
        <windir>\scummvm.ini,
 
-	If an earlier version of ScummVM was installed under Windows, the
+        If an earlier version of ScummVM was installed under Windows, the
         previous default location of '<windir>\scummvm.ini' will be kept.
 
         Unix: